Florent's Guide To The

South Florida Reefs

Bareye Hermit Crab
Dardanus fucosus
Bareye Hermit Crab
Category: Left-Handed Hermits
Scientific Name: Dardanus fucosus
Size: Up to 5 in. (13 cm)  
Depth: 2-440 ft. (1-134 m)
Distribution: Florida, Caribbean
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Anomura (Infraorder)
      └Paguroidea (Superfamily)
       └Diogenidae (Family)
        └Dardanus (Genus)

Crustaceans
Left-Handed Hermits

Bareye Hermit Crab

Stareye Hermit Crab

Red Reef Hermit Crab

Blue-Eye Hermit Crab

Giant Hermit Crab

Orangeclaw Hermit Crab

Blue-Legged Hermit Crab



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